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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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State Department Claims: Poverty Causes ISIS

Posted on February 17, 2015 by DrHurd
Marie Harf wearing glasses and caught mid sentence

A majority of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the terror group Islamic State (ISIS), while 78 percent back a new authorization for use of military force against ISIS, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll found … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Stupefication of America Anticipated by de Tocqueville

Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrHurd
Quote: everybody feels the evil but no one has the courage or energy enough to seek the cure

Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident and mild. It would be like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Chapel Hill and “Hate” Crimes vs. “Regular” Crimes

Posted on February 15, 2015 by DrHurd
Two woman huddle in the cold at vigil for the Chapel Hill shooting

After a self-described militant atheist murdered three Muslims in Chapel Hill, NC, the FBI is now legally obliged to investigate whether this qualifies as a hate crime. They have to check the assailant’s computer and piece together other bits of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Religion of Peace? ISIS Begs to Differ

Posted on February 14, 2015 by DrHurd
Photograph of Kayla Mueller smiling at camera

The leaders of ISIS are trying to tell us something: Islam is not a religion of peace. They call it a “religion of the sword.” Does anyone believe them yet? The new issue of ISIS’ magazine released today takes issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Society & Culture

What Love Is (Ayn Rand)

Posted on February 13, 2015 by DrHurd
Cursive words read I love you! on a red background

Love is a response to values. It is with a person’s sense of life that one falls in love—with that essential sum, that fundamental stand or way of facing existence, which is the essence of a personality. One falls in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

Hey Obama: Did You Build Staples?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by DrHurd
Front view of a Staples office supply store

Several years back, President Obama made the infamous statement, “You didn’t build that.” He was referring to his belief that private enterprises don’t create anything profitable or great without at least some help from the government. Therefore, they really don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Importance of Philosophy in Human Life

Posted on February 11, 2015 by DrHurd
Stone statue of The Thinker with black background

At the very mention of the word “philosophy,” most people tune out and head for the intellectual and psychological equivalent of the hills. But philosophy involves our most fundamental thinking about literally everything: our minds, our purpose in life, how … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Gay Marriage and Social Conservative Evasion

Posted on February 10, 2015 by DrHurd
Scalia and Thomas with solemn looking faces

This spring, the Supreme Court will be ruling on the issue of gay marriage. One of the primary issues is whether states — as Alabama has done — may outlaw the legal legitimacy of gay marriage, at least at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Barack’s Plan to Equalize Wealth in 23 Months or Less

Posted on February 9, 2015 by DrHurd
Yellow picket sign reads Save the Middle Class

President Barack Obama said he’s focusing the end of his presidency on increasing income equality because the recovery’s benefits haven’t spread to the middle class while enriching the wealthiest Americans, according to an interview he gave to website Vox.com. During … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Obama Gives Militant Islam Yet Another Free Pass

Posted on February 8, 2015 by DrHurd
Obama holds hands in prayer with eyes closed and a smile

And we wonder why we’re losing the war against Islamic terrorism? Here’s what our fearless leader, President Obama, said the other day at a prayer breakfast: Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

“Common Core” Public Education vs. Critical Thinking

Posted on February 7, 2015 by DrHurd
Image of three heads in various stages of critical thinking

Lily Tang Williams, a mother of three, testified before the Colorado State Board of Education that Common Core [the national educational curriculum for public schools) was similar to the education she received growing up in Mao’s Communist China. “Common Core, … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Brian Williams vs. The Truth

Posted on February 6, 2015 by DrHurd

NBC News anchor Brian Williams told actor Alec Baldwin in March 2013 that he was afraid he was going to die when a Chinook helicopter he was riding in during the Iraq War was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture
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